What can I say?
It was a mind blower to read that Diane Keaton has passed away today. Diane may be without a doubt one of the most authentic women that I truly admired and never met. As actress, as a producer and also as a Mom.
Why?
Who Diane Keaton was on Camera and who she was in her private life were the same person. Now, Diane will deny this and it is that single quality that simply makes everyone love her.
Most people won’t be writing this today. Most writers will tell you about her acting style, or her performance in a particular film, but it blew my mind because as God Is My Witness, the first love story I ever followed was between Diane Keaton and Woody Allen.
Diane Keaton made Woody Allen the best version of himself.
There is a life we learn with and a life we live with.
This is the scene that most of us think about when we think of Diane Keaton. Her role from 1977 in Annie Hall.
Whatever role she took on, she played full out. Another highlight was Reds.
Before I talk about her most controversial role, here is one of my favorite scenes from Reds:
If you want to know why people love Diane Keaton, watch this scene and just appreciate who Diane presented herself in Something’s Gotta Give:
Of all of Diane Keaton’s roles, the most controversial role for me was “Looking For Mr. Goodbar.”
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, a quirky sense of fashion, and a penchant for drinking red wine with ice cubes, has died at the age of 79.
A family spokesperson confirmed the actress’ death in California to People; no other details were provided, and the family has asked for privacy at this time.
Keaton, born and raised in Los Angeles, got her start acting and singing at Santa Ana High School, where she starred as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. After studying acting at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, Keaton was cast as the understudy for the character of Sheila in the original Broadway production of Hair in 1968. The following year, she starred in Woody Allen’s comedic stage play Play it Again, Sam, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for a Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Keaton went on to appear in several films, including Lovers and Other Strangers, which marked her onscreen debut. Francis Ford Coppola noticed her performance in the film and cast her in his 1972 Oscar-winning film The Godfather as Kay Adams, the girlfriend and eventual wife of Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino.
In 2023, Coppola finally explained what attracted him to Keaton, responding to a query from the actress herself. “I chose you, because although you were to play the more straight/vanilla wife, there was something more about you, deeper, funnier, and very interesting,” he said, adding, “I was right.”
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